Religious intolerance in post-civil war Sri Lanka
Post-civil war, Buddhism has gone from being a privileged religion in Sri Lanka to a hegemonic religion. If the ethnic conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam calcified Sinhalese Buddhist sensibilities, the comprehensive victory over the group has emboldened Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Royal Society for Asian Affairs
2018
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Asian affairs
Year: 2018, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 278-300 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious identity
B Nationalism B Sri Lanka B Interfaith dialogue B Population group B Religious policy B Muslim B Tamils B Buddhism B State B Minority B Christian B Religious organization |
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| Summary: | Post-civil war, Buddhism has gone from being a privileged religion in Sri Lanka to a hegemonic religion. If the ethnic conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam calcified Sinhalese Buddhist sensibilities, the comprehensive victory over the group has emboldened Sinhalese Buddhist nationalists who insist on majority superordination and minority subordination. This essay discusses how the nationalist ideology undergirding Sinhalese Buddhist majoritarianism has exacerbated religious intolerance especially towards the island's Muslims and Christian Evangelicals. (Asian Aff/GIGA) |
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| Item Description: | Teil eines Special Issue: Ghosts from the past? Assessing recent developments in religious freedom in South Asia |
| ISSN: | 1477-1500 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Asian affairs
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/03068374.2018.1467660 |